Cropping a selection (JS CS3)

Hi -- I am developing a script in which a user chooses one of three predetermined sizes for an image from a dialog. This displays the crop selection but does not crop until the user has a chance to change the crop area (but not the size).
I can create the target crop selection with an action, but I cannot figure out how to crop to the selection area. The size will always be the same -- that I know how to enter in the script. But I do not know how to tell the script to crop the selected area.
Is there a way using the app.activeDocument.crop() command that I can have it crop to only the selected area?
Or is there a simple command I can put in the script to simply "crop" after the user changes the crop area and hits the OK button in my dialog. (Obviously, the user can simply doublelclick to set the crop -- but the OK button will do other things after the crop, and I am trying to eliminate as many clicks as possible.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

jmw107 wrote:
Hi -- I am developing a script in which a user chooses one of three predetermined sizes for an image from a dialog. This displays the crop selection but does not crop until the user has a chance to change the crop area (but not the size).
I can create the target crop selection with an action, but I cannot figure out how to crop to the selection area. The size will always be the same -- that I know how to enter in the script. But I do not know how to tell the script to crop the selected area.
I do not understand exactly your above description about user has a chance to change the crop area (but not the size). Do you mean they can move the position of the fixed crop size or the can position and size a part of the image to the crop area. If it is they can move and size part of the image into the crop area. I do that a different way. I set up a layer above the layer the image is on to act as a crop mask. Then I put the user into an menu File>Place dialog where the user select the image which Photoshop then open into a smart object layer below the cropping layer. The user is then in the Place interactive transform dialog where they size and position the part of the image the want within the cropping area. When they commit the place transform I delete the layer used as a cropping mask and add a layer mask to the smart object layer to mask all but the crop area. I don't actually Crop the layer after the process runs the image is still intact and a smart object layer with a cropping layer mask. The user can if the wish to tweak the image still without quality loss.

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y1 = y1 + rowH +mgn;
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dlg.methodPnl.slice = dlg.methodPnl.add("radiobutton", bounds, ul_PixelSlice);
dlg.methodPnl.slice.onClick = function() { displayHelp(hid_Slice); };
y1 = y1 + rowH +mgn;
bounds = {x:x1, y:y1, width:rBtnW, height:rowH};
dlg.methodPnl.uniPixel = dlg.methodPnl.add("radiobutton", bounds, ul_SinglePixel);
dlg.methodPnl.uniPixel.onClick = function() { displayHelp(hid_UniPixel); };
// Control Panel Elements                                              ---Control Panel Elements---
x1 = mgn;
y1 = mgnTop;
bounds = {x:x1, y:y1, width:btnW, height:rowH};
dlg.controlPnl.runBtn = dlg.controlPnl.add("button", bounds, ul_Run);
dlg.controlPnl.runBtn.onClick = function() {runBtnOnClick();};
y1 = y1 + rowH + mgn;
bounds = {x:x1, y:y1, width:btnW, height:rowH};
dlg.controlPnl.cancelBtn = dlg.controlPnl.add("button", bounds, ul_Cancel);
dlg.controlPnl.cancelBtn.onClick = function() {cancelBtnOnClick();};
y1 = y1 + rowH + mgn;
bounds = {x:x1, y:y1, width:btnW, height:rowH};
dlg.controlPnl.aboutBtn = dlg.controlPnl.add("button", bounds, ul_About);
dlg.controlPnl.aboutBtn.onClick = function() {aboutBtnOnClick();};
// Message Panel Elements                                              ---Message Panel Elements---
bounds = {x:msgPnlX, y:msgPnlY, width:msgPnlW, height:msgPnlH};
dlg.msgPnl = dlg.add("panel", bounds, "");
x1 = mgn;
y1 = mgn;
bounds = {x:x1, y:y1, width:msgPnlW - 2*mgn, height:msgPnlH - 2*mgn};
dlg.msgPnl.helpMsgSt = dlg.msgPnl.add("statictext", bounds, "", {multiline: true});
displayHelp(hid_BestResults);
return dlg;
} // end settingDialog ========================================================end settingDialog===
// ================================================================================================
function main() { //                                                                     ===main===
// ================================================================================================
// These are functions in scope for main()
function doCropUniPixel() {   // Single Pixel Search Routine ---------------------doCropUniPixel---
// Declare and Initialise
var picrgb = new Array(3);
var backrgb = new Array(3);
var bounds = new Array(4);
var j = 0;
backrgb=eyeDropper(0,0); //Find color of upper left pixel
var maxi = docRef.width;
if (maxi > docRef.height) {
    maxi = docRef.height;
maxi = Math.floor(maxi/2);
loopOne:
for (j=1;j < maxi; j++) {
picrgb=eyeDropper(j,j);
if (backrgb[0] != picrgb[0] || backrgb[1] != picrgb[1] || backrgb[2] != picrgb[2]) { // edge!
   bounds = new Array(j, j, docRef.width - j, docRef.height - j);
   docRef.crop(bounds);
   bounds = null;
   break; // Exit for loop
purge(PurgeTarget.ALLCACHES);
} // end for
// prep for looptwo
var maxi = docRef.width;
if (maxi > docRef.height) {
    maxi = docRef.height;
maxi = Math.floor(maxi/2);
loopTwo:
for (j=1;j < maxi; j++) {
picrgb=eyeDropper(docRef.width - j,j);
if (backrgb[0] != picrgb[0] || backrgb[1] != picrgb[1] || backrgb[2] != picrgb[2]) { // edge
   bounds = new Array(j, j, docRef.width - j, docRef.height - j);
   docRef.crop(bounds);
   bounds = null;
   break; // Exit for loop
purge(PurgeTarget.ALLCACHES);
} // end for
} // end function doCropUniPixel
function doCropBinChop() {   // Binary Search Routine -----------------------------doCropBinChop---
// Declare and Initialise
var picrgb = new Array(3);
var backrgb = new Array(3);
var bounds = new Array(4);
var j = 0;
var ub= 0;
var lb = 0;
backrgb=eyeDropper(0,0); //Find colour of upper left pixel
var maxi = docRef.width;
if (maxi > docRef.height) {
    maxi = docRef.height;
ub = Math.floor(maxi/2);
loopOne:
while (ub - lb > 1) {
j = Math.floor((ub - lb)/2) + lb;
    picrgb=eyeDropper(j,j);
   if (backrgb[0] != picrgb[0] || backrgb[1] != picrgb[1] || backrgb[2] != picrgb[2]) {
   ub = j;
} else {
   lb = j;
} // end if
purge(PurgeTarget.ALLCACHES);
} // end while
bounds = [ub , ub , docRef.width - ub , docRef.height - ub ];
docRef.crop(bounds);
bounds = null;
// prep for looptwo
maxi = docRef.width;
if (maxi > docRef.height) {
    maxi = docRef.height;
lb = 0;
ub = Math.floor(maxi/2)
loopTwo:
while (ub - lb > 1) {
j = Math.floor((ub - lb)/2) + lb;
    picrgb=eyeDropper(docRef.width - j,j);
   if (backrgb[0] != picrgb[0] || backrgb[1] != picrgb[1] || backrgb[2] != picrgb[2]) {
   ub = j;
} else {
    lb = j;
} // end if
purge(PurgeTarget.ALLCACHES);
} // end while
bounds = [ub , ub , docRef.width - ub , docRef.height - ub];
docRef.crop(bounds);
bounds = null;
} // end function doCropBinChop
function doCropSlice() { // +10 Pixel Routine ---------------------------------------doCropSlice---
// Declare and Initialise
var picrgb = new Array(3);
var backrgb = new Array(3);
var bounds = new Array(4);
var j = 0;
var jInc = 10;
var maxi = docRef.width;
if (maxi > docRef.height) {
   maxi = docRef.height;
backrgb=eyeDropper(0,0); //Find colour of upper left pixel
j = 1;
loopOne:
while (j < maxi) {
    picrgb=eyeDropper(j,j);
   if (backrgb[0] != picrgb[0] || backrgb[1] != picrgb[1] || backrgb[2] != picrgb[2]) {
    if (jInc == 1) {
       bounds = [j, j, docRef.width - j, docRef.height - j];
       docRef.crop(bounds);
       bounds = null;
       break loopOne;
      } else {
       j = j - jInc;
       if (j < 0) {
        j = 0;
       jInc = 1 ;
purge(PurgeTarget.ALLCACHES);
j = j + jInc;
} // end while
maxi = docRef.width;
if (maxi > docRef.height) {
   maxi = docRef.height;
jInc = 5;
j = 1;
loopTwo:
while (j < maxi) {
    picrgb=eyeDropper(docRef.width - j,j);
   if (backrgb[0] != picrgb[0] || backrgb[1] != picrgb[1] || backrgb[2] != picrgb[2]) {
    if (jInc == 1) {
    bounds = [j, j, docRef.width - j, docRef.height - j];
      docRef.crop(bounds);
      bounds = null;
       break loopTwo;
      } else {
       j = j - jInc;
       if (j < 0) {
        j = 0;
       jInc = 1;
purge(PurgeTarget.ALLCACHES);
j = j + jInc;
} // end while
} // end function doCropSlice
function eyeDropper(x,y) { // --------------------------------------------------------eyeDropper---
// This function returns the three values for the RGB colours of any given pixel
var x2 = x + 1;
var y2 = y + 1;
var out = new Array(3);
docRef.selection.select([[x,y], [x2,y], [x2,y2], [x, y2]], SelectionType.REPLACE, 0, false);
for(ch in list = ["Red", "Green", "Blue"]) {
histogram = docRef.channels[list[ch]].histogram;
for (i = 0; i <= 255; i++) {
   if (histogram[i]) {
    out[ch] = i;
    break;
} // end for
} // end for
return out;
} // end function eyeDropper
// Start of main() processing                                      ---Start of main() processing---
if ( documents.length <= 0 ) {
   alert(ui_NoOpenDocument); // so we crash out
    return;
try {
var docRef = activeDocument;
        var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
        app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var settings = settingDialog(chosenMethod);
settings.show();
switch(chosenMethod) {
   case 1:
    doCropBinChop();
    break;
   case 2:
    doCropSlice();
    break;
   case 3:
    doCropUniPixel();
    break;
} // End switch
    app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
} catch (e) {
        app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
   alert("Something's bollixed. Error name: " + e.name + ". Error message: " + e.message + " Line number = " +e.line);
} // end try
} // end function main
// ================================================================================================
// Dispatch
// ================================================================================================
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